On Saturday morning Middletown native Karen Law was mapping out her Martin Luther King Jr long weekend plans. Homeless for the past five months, the mother of five grown sons was among those who attended the Quality of Life Committee Winter Clothing Drive in the Transportation Center, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. After searching through […]

The 82nd Annual Easter Pageant Parade returns 1 to 3 p.m. April 16 in front of the historic Paramount Theatre at Convention Hall on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The annual event is a popular best of contest with prizes given for everything from most creative bonnets to best dressed men, women, boys, girls, and families. […]

Well over 300 turned out for the Asbury Park Police Department’s Community Relations Unit sponsored Halloween Trick or Treat event held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday. Held in conjunction with The Jersey Shore Dream Center and Alphabets Preschool Center, who decorated Council Chambers in all its holiday glory, there were glow sticks, a plethora […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A  Special Executive Session, to be held directly following the meeting, will focus discussions on the financial/redeveloper’s agreement with waterfront redeveloper iStar for its 1101 Ocean Avenue project. The […]

Tickets to the April 21 Mayor’s Rodeo for Recreation will close Monday, Mayor John Moor has announced. The event is being held to help fund scholarships for the city’s summer recreation programs. “Everyone has been asking me about having a Mayor’s Ball but I’m not really a tuxedo person,” Moor said on Jan 27 when […]

The most creative and fashionable will vie for top honors Sunday at the city’s 81st Annual Easter Pageant Parade. “It’s an important community event, and not just for Asbury residents,” pageant Co-Director Cassandra Dickerson said in a written news release. “We attract people from as far as Red Bank, Long Branch, Tinton Falls, Freehold, Neptune […]

With a goal of making summer recreation programs accessible to all the city’s youth, Asbury Park Mayor John Moor and the City Council have launched the “Mayor’s Rodeo for Recreation Challenge.” “Everyone has been asking me about having a Mayor’s Ball but I’m not really a tuxedo person,” Moor said. “When I learned that there […]